Episode 519: Tracey Valdez

Intermittent Fasting Stories

Gin Stephens

Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to Tracy Valdez from Toluca Lake, CA.

Join Gin in the new Fast Feast Repeat app for The Grown-Up Year: 52 Weeks to Listen, Play, and Nourish, as well as a growing collection of intermittent fasting resources. Go to app.fastfeastrepeat.com to join us or go to the App Store and download the Fast Feast Repeat app, available for both iPhone and Android.

Are you ready to take your intermittent fasting lifestyle to the next level? There’s nothing better than community to help with that. In the Delay, Don’t Deny community we all embrace the clean fast, and there’s just the right support for you as you live your intermittent fasting lifestyle.

You can connect directly with Gin in the Ask Gin group, and she will answer all of your questions personally. If you’re new to intermittent fasting or recommitting to the IF lifestyle, join the 28-Day FAST Start group. After your fast start, join us for support in The 1st Year group. Need tips for long term maintenance? We have a place for that! There are many more useful spaces beyond these, and you can interact in as many as you like.

Visit ginstephens.com/community to join us. An annual membership costs just over a dollar a week when you do the math. If you aren’t ready to fully commit for a year, join for a month and you can cancel at any time. If you know you’ll want to stay forever, we also have a lifetime membership option available.

IF is free. You don’t need to join our community to fast. But if you’re looking for support from a community of like-minded IFers, we are here for you at ginstephens.com/community.

Tracey is a personal trainer who discovered intermittent fasting in 2018 and has lived the lifestyle ever since. In 2016, she decided to train for a bodybuilding competition, and after the competition was over, she suddenly had unexplained weight gain and a lot of food noise that was missing before. Tracey discusses the mental challenges she faced post-competition, her transition to intermittent fasting, and how it has positively impacted her health and body composition. Gin and Tracey also delve into the importance of strength training, the impact of hormonal changes, and the misconceptions surrounding protein intake and meal frequency. Tracey emphasizes the significance of listening to one's body and finding a balance in nutrition and fitness, encouraging others to embrace their unique journeys with intermittent fasting.

At the end of the episode, Tracey tells listeners not to be embarrassed about their intermittent fasting journeys, and that there is no need to be secretive about what you are doing.

Get Gin’s books at: https://www.ginstephens.com/get-the-books.html. Good news! The second edition of Delay, Don’t Deny is now available in ebook, paperback, hardback, and audiobook. This is the book that you’ll want to start with or share with others, as it is a simple introduction to IF. It’s been updated to include the clean fast, an easier to understand and more thorough description of ADF and all of your ADF options, and an all new success stories section. When shopping, make sure to get the second edition, which has a 2024 publication date. The audiobook for the second edition is available now!

Join Gin’s community! Go to: ginstephens.com/community

Do you enjoy Intermittent Fasting Stories? You’ll probably also like Gin’s other podcast with cohost Sheri Bullock: Fast. Feast. Repeat. Intermittent Fasting for Life. Find it wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Are you struggling with food confusion or diet brain when it comes to what to eat in your eating
0:06.2	window? Do you know that you need to make changes, but you don't know where to begin? I'm excited to
0:11.6	announce my new Eat Like a Grown Up program. It's a 52-week learning journey that helps you
0:16.7	finally build a peaceful, confident relationship with food without dieting, guilt, or overwhelm.
0:23.2	And it's only available in the new Fast Feast Repeat app.
0:26.7	Join me in the app for The Grown Up Year, 52 weeks to listen, play, and nourish.
0:32.9	Each week, you'll watch a short video lesson and download a simple practical mission,
0:38.2	designed to help you listen to your body, play with your food in a joyful way, and nourish yourself with calm
0:43.8	intention. You'll learn how to move past emotional eating, understand your hunger cues, make
0:49.6	meals deeply satisfying, and you'll fall back in love with real food, all while connecting with a
0:56.1	community that's growing right alongside you in the app. If you're ready for transformation
1:00.6	that unfolds gently but meaningfully over time, this is where it begins. Go to app.
1:07.1	.fastfeastrepeat.com to join, or you can find the fast feast repeat app in the app store that
1:14.9	works with your phone. Along with the Eat Like a Grown Up, 52-week program, you'll find an ever-growing
1:20.5	library of intermittent fasting resources as well. Go to app.com to join us or download the fastfeastrepeastrepeat
1:26.7	dot com to join us or download the Fast Feast Repeat app today. Do you ever feel heavier, tired after meals like your body is working overtime just to process what you ate? And even if you eat well, the food just sits in your stomach like a rock. A lot of women, especially as we get older, notice changes in digestion that
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